Supreme Court Won’t Hear Sheriff Arpaio’s Appeal Over Obama’s Immigration Plan

The president, frustrated with Congressional Republicans’ unwillingness to team up on his reforms, addressed the nation from the Oval Office in November 2014, telling millions of undocumented immigrants they could “come out of the shadows”.

The Supreme Court will determine whether the President adhered to his constitutional obligation to “take care that the Laws be faithfully executed” in addition to whether the orders are constitutional.

It appears to be specifically aimed at the long term undocumented who have put down roots in America and who have no criminal records or disqualifying features, and would provide particular relief to undocumented parents whose children are United States citizens or legal permanent residents.

Today, a Republican-backed coalition of 26 states to Obama’s DAPA plan reached its logical destination.

Texas and 25 other states sued to block the administration’s immigration plan.

The programs were announced in 2014 and have been on hold since early 2015, when a federal judge in Texas sided with the states and ordered an injunction (which the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals later upheld).

“We are thrilled that the Court chose to hear Texas v. U.S., as it preserves the very real possibility that expanded DACA and DAPA will become available to qualified applicants later this year”, said Sally Kinoshita, Deputy Director of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, which leads Ready California.

He justified using his presidential powers, without Congress, by saying it was in response to inaction over the issue of immigration from Congress. They’re expected to make a decision in June.

 Opponents to the president’s action say he has overstepped executive power. But it struck down three other provisions that created new state crimes targeting illegal immigrants; the panel said Arizona had usurped federal authority in the area of immigration enforcement.

With illegal immigration a contentious topic in this election-it’s the basis of the Ted Cruz-Marco Rubio feud and the cornerstone of Donald Trump’s calls for a “really great” border wall-the ruling could be deleterious for the Democratic candidate, whomever it may be. Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has pledged to go further than Obama to protect large groups of immigrants from deportation.

The change means that people who are here illegally but who are not otherwise violating the law are less likely to face deportation. Those recent arrivals are not among immigrants who would benefit from Obama’s plan. However, in the last fiscal year about 235,000 people were deported, the smallest number since 2006.